Just finished reading “World War Z”; the notion of zombies being able to cover distances underwater was a new one for me.
I’d go with the last for overall effectiveness against a subsurface zombie horde –although it’d be mitigated by the need for a helicopter just to access it.
Well sure, if you don’t mind Death Eaters escaping.
agreed. the third option (based on the non-climbing zombies in the book, not the movie) would be the safest option for your water fortress. i have to remind you however, that you would also be facing packs of raiding humans, some armed with heavy weapons and explosives, who would want your fortress, and if you would not lend them access to it, a few strategically placed bundles of C4 would take out that one column quite nicely.
If I had access to something that could access #3, I’d be sure to bring along some defensive weaponry for un-undead threats, like a sniper rifle or rocket launchers, etc. And even a Navy Seal would find planting C4 difficult when I could just lob grenades down like depth charges.
The thread of a dead-man’s switch might also be enough of a deterrent…provided, in a zombie-apocalypse scenario, that you’re dead long enough for it to work.
why not just use a boat, you can move it to safe territory and not be a sitting duck. even if zombies can swim, they couldn’t outrun even a house barge
Doesn’t matter. In World War Z, Zeds get bloated with decomposition gases and float. Eventually, they sink and wander the deep. When you are at anchor, they come up the chain or rope, either from the seabed or from the waterline. If somebody on board has a bite and isn’t caught before the infection kills them, you are fucked. Then there is the problem with refueling and stocking clean water and food. The Chinese in a nuke sub did about as well as any group that used ships to stay safe. They grew vegetables in some of the rooms, fertilized with their waste.
The chapter with the Chinese sub was one of my favorite in the book. Especially the part where they had to temporarily rest on the sea floor and they could hear zombie hands all along the hull…
what’s the place on the second photo?
The third one looks like it needs a lot more maintenance than the others, maintenance that you probably won’t have the resources or knowhow to conduct. Second or first are fine, even if they float along the water’s surface how are they going to climb up?
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principality_of_Sealand
how did Sealand not make the cut?
Shit, man…this deserves its own separate post!
I have a old book called “how to start your own country” that features Sealand and about 100 other self-declared countries. It’s dry – but still one of my pre-internet gems. The printer went out of business so you can download it here:
ia600705.us.archive.org/13/items/HowToStartYourOwnCountry/How_to_Start_Your_Own_Country.pdf
what’s the first one?
I just google-imaged “zombie proof”, a ton of cool shit came up and I harvested.
Do it and y’all can find most of the sources.